General Information

Serial #

405AX9250

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPOSITION..2 METAL INSTRUMENT HEAD PROTECTED BY SYNTHETIC SLEEVE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.0 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

7.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Dentistry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RITTER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS INSTRUMENT PROBABLY USED IN 1980S-1990S.

Canada

ELECTRONIC DENTAL INSTRUMENT USED BY DR. GILLES CAMUS IN HIS MONTREAL, PQ PRACTICE.

Function

POSSIBLY USED TO TEST THE SENSITIVITY (AND THEREFORE THE HEALTH AND VIABILITY) OF TOOTH NERVES.

Technical

DEVICE BELIEVED TO BE VARIATION OF 'VITALOMETER' USED TO TEST FOR SENSITIVITY OF TOOTH PULP/NERVE BUNDLES. IF THE TOOTH DOES NOT RESPOND TO ELECTRICAL STIMULII THE TOOTH NERVE MAY BE SEVERLY DECAYED OR DEAD, AND MUST BE REMOVED BY A ROOT CANAL PROCEDURE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Panel on control unit reads "[logo] RITTER/ SYBRON CORPORATION/ RITTER COMPANY/ a division of Sybron Corporation/ ITEM/ SENSITRON/ MODEL/ A/ SERIAL NO./ 405AX9250/ VOLTS 120/ CYCLES 60/ AMPS/ 0.1/ FEDERAL STOCK NO./ [blank]/ CONTRACT NO./ [blank]/ U.S.". Handset wand fitted with control dial graduated 0-10, in single increments. "HPN HEATER CORD 1872" printed at repeating intervals along length of cord..2 No markings visible.

Missing

UNKNOWN- APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

.1 GREY SYNTHETIC CASE HAS OFF-WHITE SLEEVE FOR SUPPORTING HANDPIECE; BLACK FRONT PANEL, AND COVERING ON CORDS & PLUG. HANDPIECE HAS BLACK AND SILVERSPIRAL DESIGN SHAFT..2 SILVER METAL INSTRUMENT HEAD ENCLOSED BY CLEAR SYNTHETIC SLEEVE.

Decoration

N/A